The publication employed location specialists CACI to compile the poll, which based its findings on demographics such as “local economic variables, growth prospects, the impact of future projects, the opportunity to add retail space, the demographics of the catchment area, how good the leisure offer is and how the population will grow over the next decade”.

Scores were worked out as a percentage. Bromley scored 64% and Orpington and Beckenham were level on 60%.